PICK UP YOUR WEAPONS AND FIGHT!

​FRIENDLY FIRE

One of the toughest things I had to learn to do in my walk with Jesus was to yield to discernment and go with what revelation was given based on that discernment. I love the Word of God and I love to teach others. Because of the passionate pursuit after God’s sown heart sometimes I pushed a little past boundaries (ok a lot past boundaries) because of that love. Its one thing to have discernment. Its another to be obedient to His instructions.
Many of my issues regarding friendly fire was my failure to see what was right in front of me. My actions reflected tha tI wanted my enemies to be my friend. It can be kind of confusing when you think about it. Love can be blinding sometimes, especially when its pure. Love covers a multitude of sins. There were times where the writing was on the wall. The Lord showed me a person’s intentions  were not so good toward me. They didn’t have my best interest at heart. However, as a Pastor I looked at it as a project. I would tell myself, “they just need some mercy. They need someone to till the ground of their heart.” I would  see the need for Jesus and run straight toward the fire. In the meantime, discernment said, “maintain a distance. Plant some seeds and leave it there. You’re going to get yourself hurt. Guard your heart.” That’s what discernment said often. After being broken and beaten so many times and crying out to the Lord to put pieces of my heart back together, I learned the fear of the Lord and the ability to be more humble than I was. I couldn’t do my own will. I was not their savior, Jesus was. In the process of humility I learned to decrease, pray, and ask the right questions. I asked, “Do they belong to you Lord? What would you have me to do in this situation? Is this situation for your glory or for the operations of your Spirit?” I had to receive the reve;ation that there are tare amongst the wheat. We cannot look on the outward appearance. Jesus searches the reigns of the heart. There are good trees and good fruits just as well as there are bad trees not yielding any fruit. You cannot change the tree without a miracle.
It really takes true surrender and sensitivity to the Holy Spirit to hear what the Spirit is saying and allowing wisdom to apply righteous judgment to a situation. You take yourself down a notch in the purest of love in faith to say that you’re simply here as a servant of the Most High and lo, it is written in the volume of the book to do thy will O’ Lord. When you condescend to the lowly estate such as that, you eliminate a lot of what seems to be friendly fire because with effective communication with the Lord , He tells you who belongs to Him and who are wolves in sheep’s clothing. Just ask and it shall be given. It saves you from several unnecessary wounds on the battlefield.

Psalm 55:12-13

IT WAS NOT MY ENEMY THAT REPROACHED ME; THEN I COULD HAVE BORNE IT: NEITHER WAS IT HE THAT HATED ME THAT DID MAGNIFY HIMSELF AGAINST ME; THEN I WOULD HAVE HID MYSELF FROM HIM:
BUT IT WAS THOU, A MAN OF MINE EQUAL, MY GUIDE AND MINE AQUAINTANCE.